Collar-button.



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ANDREW YUROW, OF NEW YCRK, N. Y.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 3, 1917. Serial No. 200,006.

To all whom it mag] concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW YUROW, a citizen of the United States, resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in collar buttons, and has as its special object the provision of a button adapted to engage the collar with a shirt band in an effective manner, said button being of integral construction, relatively thin and flat so as to be worn with entire comfort.

A further object is to provide such buttons in forms which can be cheaply manufactored, easily applied and which retain the collar to the shirt band in a secure manner.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which- Figure 1 is a rear plan view of the upper portion of a shirt and collar partially broken away in order to show the application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken 011 line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the button in detail,

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank prior to bending, and

Fig. 5 is a front perspective view showing a modified form of button.

It is a well known fact that collar buttons of the usual type, comprising a circular disk united to a stem and having an extending head, when dropped upon the floor frequently roll and become lost, and it is further known that the extending stem often protrudes to such a distance as to cause discomfort to the wearer. Furthermore that the head may become separated from the stem, causing extreme annoyance, all of which misadventures are obviated in the present form of button.

As indicated in Fig. 4c, the button is stamped or pressed from a sheet of metal, the blank having a curved outer edge 14, from which extends semi-circular lateral prongs 15, joining a parallel edge or strip 16, which unites a triangularly shaped portion 17, having a rounded point 18, and which contains an opening 19, rendering the same easy to manipulate, and also materially lightening the button.

The blank may obviously be formed of any desired material, and finished by plating or otherwise as desired.

After the blank has been formed, it is bent so that the head portion 20, is-curved arcuately in conformity with the'neck band, while the strip 16, is turned upward, forming a loop 21, adapted to be inserted in the buttonhole of the shirt band 30, another portion of the strip 16 being raised parallel to the element 20, but to a lesser height, and engaging with the band, after which another curved loop 23 is formed, the same being suited to engage in the buttonhole of the collar 32, while the triangular portion 17 is turned in an opposite direction but substantially parallel with the portion 20, the shape being obviously such as to readily enter into the buttonhole of the collar in an obvious manner.

The manner of constructing the button is one which will be obvious to those skilled in the art, as will its application, the point 18 being entered through the buttonhole of the shirtband, the loop 23, passed therethrough and the loop 21 allowed to engage, whereupon the collar may be applied, the portion 17 acting as a hook by means of which it may be readily secured.

In Fig. 5 a slightly different form of button is shown in which a prong 36 is pressed out of the metal, the same being adapted to engage outside of the collar 32 thereby assuring that it is retained in proper position.

When it is required to remove the collar, the same is pressed slightly outward and then downward, while the button itself re mains in the shirt band for further use and it is to be noted that should the same drop upon the floor it is not liable to roll away and thus become lost, but, by reason of its shape, remains on the place upon which it is dropped.

It will also be evident that the button may be used unlimitedly, there being no parts to separate, and that no unsightly projection is made, rendering the button uncomfortable to be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device as described consisting of an arrow-shaped sheet-metal blank having a curved outer edge at its heel end formed Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

with semi-circular lateral prongs, a strip disposed at right angles to said curved outer edge and forming a shank, a triangularlyshaped portion formed at the toe end of said shank, and formed With an elongated opening and providing opposing shoulders disposed laterally of the opposite side edges of said shank, said curved outer edge being curved arcuately, said shank being bent so as to provide two integral loops; one of which joins said curved edge and the other of which joins said triangularly-shaped portion, the arrangement being such that said outer curved edge extends 1n one direction While said triangularly-shaped portion ex- 15 ANDRE? YUBOl/V.

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